Scientific name: Calystegia silvatica (Kit.) Griseb.
Common name: Large Bindweed
Description
Habit: A hairless perennial climber, climbing to 3 m.
Stems: Trailing or twining stems, with far-creeping rhizomes.
Leaves: Alternate, entire, stalked, undivided, triangular with sagittate base, more than 10 cm long.
Flowers: White, rarely striped with pink outside, solitary, 8 cm across, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, axillary; each flower with 2 large, strongly inflated, over-lapping bracteoles below the calyx and enclosing it; sepals 5; corolla of 5 fused petals, much larger than calyx, broadly funnel-shaped, lobed with an entire margin; stamens 5; style solitary, stigmas 2, ovary superior.
Fruits: A 4-seeded capsule.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution: Very local, but abundant in few places.
Native status: Not native, introduced
Of conservation interest: No